Civil Engineer

Department of Transportation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) New York Airports District Office seeks a regional office senior Civil Engineer and lead project engineer for the Office of Airports (ARP) in the Eastern Region. You will oversee airport design, construction, maintenance, operations and safety program matters.

Demonstrated experience in negotiating complex issues, airport design standards, and providing technical guidance to staff is essential.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience directly related to airport design, construction, maintenance, operations, or safety.
• At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I, FG/GS-13 level.
• Experience negotiating resolution on complex/controversial issues.
• Experience providing technical guidance to staff and representing management at high-level technical meetings.

Responsibilities

• Serve as regional office senior Civil Engineer and lead project engineer for the Office of Airports (ARP).
• Advise on airport program matters in design, construction, maintenance, operations and safety.
• Support the FAA's Airport Improvement Program (AIP) initiatives in NY Airports District Office.
• Contribute to the hiring reform initiative by providing clear work-history examples instead of narrative KSAs.

Skills

Negotiation

Airport design knowledge

Technical leadership

Public speaking

Job description

This position serves as a regional office senior Civil Engineer and lead project engineer for the Office of Airports (ARP), New York Airports District Office in the Eastern Region, in support of the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Serves as the principal Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) organization responsible for all airport program matters in airport design, construction, maintenance, operations and safety.

Specialized experience is experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must be at least equivalent to the next lower grade or band level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

To qualify for this position at the FV-J level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I, FG/GS-13 level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to work of the position to be filled. Examples of specialized experience for this position include: 1) Experience in negotiating resolution on complex and/or controversial issues. 2) Experience in airport design, pavement, and construction standards. 3) Experience conducting technical training seminars and workshops. 4) Experience providing technical guidance to staff and representing management at high level technical meetings.

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s) if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

In addition to the minimum qualifications, the following has been determined to be a selective factor for this position. This means possession of this criterion is part of the minimum qualifications and is essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of this position. Applicants who do not possess this criterion are ineligible for further consideration.

• Demonstrated experience in airport design, construction standards and methods.